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CTH 999

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Designation	KBo 12.38+
ID	tlh:KBo 12.38+ [CTH 999_XML_TLH]
Language	Hittite
Genre	CTH 999

Transliteration (ATF)

From Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum digitalis (TLHdig) Beta 0.3 · CC BY 4.0

Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-H, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
{€2}
1′	{M}tu-ut-ḫa-li-i]a LUGAL GAL ...	Tutḫaliya, the great king(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€2} 6″	]x-ḫi-[
{€2} 7″	]x [
{€2} 8″	]x x[
{€2} 9″	] [
{€2} 10″	]x [
{€1} obv. I
1′	]x xx x ⸢ap?⸣-pa-an-kán	... he places ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
2′	]x x-un	...un(low confidence: few signs survive)
3′	]x-ta DAM{MEŠ}-ŠÚ DUMU{MEŠ}-ŠÚ	... his wife, his sons(lower confidence: line is broken)
4′	] ⸢e⸣-ep-pu-un SIG₅-u-wa DA.BI-da	... he pours a good libation.(lower confidence: line is broken)
5′	[ K]Ù.SI₂₂ URUDU pa-an-ka₄-u-e-eš-ša NAM.RA{MEŠ}	... gold and copper, before them, the destinies ...
6′	[ ḫu-it]-ti-i-ia-nu-un ⸢na⸣-aš-za {URU}GIDRU-ši ar-ḫa	... and he goes to the city of Šamaš.(lower confidence: line is broken)
7′	[ú-da-aḫ-ḫ]u-un KUR a-la-ši-⸢ia⸣-an-ma-za-kán pé-de-eš-ši	... the land of Alašiya-anmaza ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
8′	[ARAD-aḫ-ḫ]u-[u]n ⸢ar⸣-kam-ma-na-aḫ-⸢ḫu⸣-un ar-kam-ma-an-⸢ma⸣-ši-⸢kán⸣	The servant of Aḫḫun, on the third day, ...
9′	[ku-u-u]n? iš-ḫi-ia-nu-un	... he places ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
10′	[x] x A-NALUGAL KUR a-la-ši-ia ⸢Ù⸣ A-NA{LÚ}pí-⸢id-du⸣-ri	... to the king of the land ... and to the cupbearer ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
11′	[IT-T]I?{D}UTU {URU}PÚ-na Ù ta-bar-na LUGAL GAL	... the Sun-deity of Pūna and the Tabarna, the great king
12′	[Š]A?{D}UTU {URU}PÚ-na {LÚ}SANGA ka-a-aš ar-kam-ma-aš e-eš-du	The Šamaš-priest of Uruk, the priest, comes back.
13′	[x x] x KÙ.SI₂₂ 1 GUN URUDU 3 BÁN GA-IA-TUM	... gold, 1 talent of copper, 3 BA-IA-TUM
14′	[ ] A-NA{D}UTU {URU}PÚ-na	... for the Sun-deity of Pana(lower confidence: line is broken)
15′	[ KÙ.S]I₂₂ 1 GUN URUDU 3 BÁN GA-IA-TUM	... gold, 1 talent of copper, 3 BA-IA-TUM
16′	[ ] ⸢A⸣-NA{D}10 {URU}zi-pal-da	... to the Storm-god of Zipalda(lower confidence: line is broken)
17′	[ GU]N URUDU 3 [BÁN] GA-IA-TUM	... copper ... 3 ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
18′	[ A-NA{D}10 {UR]U}[Ḫ]A-⸢AT-TI⸣	to the Storm-god of Ḫattu(lower confidence: line is broken)
19′	[ GU]N URUDU 3 BÁN ⸢GA-IA-TUM⸣	... of copper, 3 ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
20′	[ A-NA{D}10 {UR]U}ne-ri-ik-ka₄	to the Storm-god of Nerik(lower confidence: line is broken)
21′	[ ]x-ḫar ⸢Ú⸣-NU-TUM	... the ...(very low confidence: a guess)
22′	[ ]x-da	...da(low confidence: few signs survive)
23′	[ {URU}ḫa-at-t]u-ši pé-e ḫar-kán-zi	... they go to Ḫattuši.(lower confidence: line is broken)
24′	[ ] da-pí-ia	... to the side ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
25′	[ ]-ta-an-zi	they set up.(low confidence: few signs survive)
{€1} obv. II
1′	[ ] x [
2′	iš-pár-⸢za⸣-a-i x[	he breaks ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
3′	[n]a?-aḫ-ḫa-an-za [	... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
4′	ki-⸢i⸣-ma-za ALAM x[	When the statue ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
5′	{M}tu-ut-ḫa-li-⸢ia⸣-aš U[L	Tutḫaliya, ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
6′	ú-uk-ka₄-at {M}KÙ.GA.P[Ú-aš	... and Kukkapaš(lower confidence: line is broken)
7′	LUGAL KUR ḪAT-TI DUMU {M}tu-ut-ḫa-[li-ia]	king of Ḫattu, son of Tutḫaliya
8′	LUGAL GAL DUMU.DUMU-ŠÚ ŠA{M}ḫa-at-[tu-ši-li]	The Great King, his son, Ḫattušili
9′	LUGAL GAL Ù DUMU.DUMU.DUMU-ŠÚ ŠA{M}mu[r]-ši-⸢DINGIR-LIM⸣ ⸢LUGAL⸣ GAL	The great king, and the grandson of Murši-ilum, the Great King
10′	i-ia-nu-un	Iyanun
11′	nu A-BU-IA {M}tu-ut-ḫa-li-ia-aš	and my father Tutḫaliya
12′	LUGAL GAL GIM-[a]n a-ša-an-za LUGAL-uš	The great king, like ... the king ...
13′	e-eš-ta ⸢nu-kán⸣ QA-TAM-MA a-ša-an-da	And likewise he places it.(lower confidence: line is broken)
14′	LÚ-na-tar{ḪI.A} ⸢an-da⸣-an ⸢gul⸣-šu-un	The chanters bring it to him.(lower confidence: line is broken)
15′	wa-ak-ši-ia-nu-nu-un ku-it UL	“It is pure, it is not pure.
16′	EGIR-an-ma-kán UL tar-na-aḫ-ḫu-un	Afterwards, he does not libate.
17′	{NA₄}ḫé-kur SAG.UŠ ú-⸢e-da⸣-aḫ-ḫu-un	He brings the ḫekur-stone to the head.
18′	ALAM DÙ-nu-un na-an-kán [I]-NA{NA₄}ḫé-gur SAG.UŠ	He makes a statue, and he places it on a ḫegur-stone.
19′	an-da pé-e-da-aḫ-ḫu-un	he places it on the table.
20′	na-an da-ni-nu-nu-un	“Why should I be able to serve you?
21′	wa-ar-ši-ia-nu-nu-un	before them
22′	ú-uk-za {D}UTU-ŠI ta-bar-na-aš	And the Sun-deity of the tabarna-vessel
23′	{M}KÙ.GA.[P]Ú-aš LUGAL GAL LUGAL KUR {URU}[ḪA]T-TI	Kugaš, great king, king of the land of Ḫattu
24′	UR.SAG DUMU {M}tu-ut-ḫa-li-ia	the hero, son of Tutḫaliya
25′	LUGAL GAL LUGAL KUR ḪAT-TI UR.SAG	Great king, king of the land of Ḫattu, hero.
26′	[DUMU.D]UMU-ŠÚ ŠA{M}GIDRU-ši-DINGIR-LIM LUGAL GAL U[R.SAG]	The son of Šamšī-ilum, the great king, the eunuch
27′	[A-BU-IA] {M}tu-ut-ḫa-li-ia-[aš	my father Tutḫaliya(lower confidence: line is broken)
28′	[ ]x x[
{€1} rev. III
1′	nu A-BU-I[A	and Abu-ia(low confidence: few signs survive)
2′	ú-uk 𒑱te-eš-⸢ša⸣-i[š-ke-nu-un]	And he libates seven times.(lower confidence: line is broken)
3′	nu a-ru-na-an ḫu-da-a[k	And he libates to Arunan.(lower confidence: line is broken)
4′	ú-uk {M}KÙ.GA.PÚ-aš LUGAL GAL [ze-e]ḫ-[ḫu-un(?)]	And Kugpaš, the great king, ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
5′	nu-mu-kán {GIŠ}MÁ{ḪI.A} ŠAKUR a-⸢la-ši-ia⸣	And the boats of the land ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
6′	ŠÀ A.AB.BA 3-ŠÚ za-aḫ-ḫi-ia ti-i-ia-⸢at⸣	From the sea three times he takes it away.
7′	na-aš-kán ḫa-aš-pu-un {GIŠ}MÁ{ḪI.A}-ma	And he places it on the boat.
8′	e-ep-pu-un na-aš-kán ŠÀ A.AB.BA	he performs, and the sea
9′	⸢lu⸣-uk-ku-un	he binds(low confidence: few signs survive)
10′	[G]IM-an-ma-kán ḫa-da-an-te-ia	... like a ḫadāntu-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
11′	ar-ḫa ar-ḫu-un	a kind of reed
12′	⸢nu⸣-mu {LÚ}KÚR{ḪI.A} ŠAKUR a-la-ši-ia	And the cult actors of the enemy come to me.
13′	pa-an-ka₄-ri-[it za-aḫ-ḫ]i-ia ⸢ú⸣-it	He places it before the zahḫiya-vessel.
14′	[n]a-an-kán za-[ ]x xx	And ...(very low confidence: a guess)
15′	[n]u-mu xx [ ]x[	No ...(very low confidence: a guess)
16′	[u?]-i-ia-[
17′	[ ]x ÉRIN{MEŠ} [ ]x{MEŠ}	... troops ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
18′	[ ]x nu-za x[ -l]i	... we ...(very low confidence: a guess)
19′	[ ]x[ ] {URU}ḪAT-[TI?	... Ḫattu(low confidence: few signs survive)
20′	[ ]x-za [x] xx [
21′	[ ]x-x-ia x[	my ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
22′	[ ]x[
{€1} rev. IV
1′	[ D]Ù-at	... he gives.(very low confidence: a guess)
2′	[ ]x-x-me-el U[L k]u-it-ki	... ... of ...(very low confidence: a guess)
3′	[ ]x nu-uš-ši ku-u-un {NA₄}ḫé-kur SAG.UŠ	... and he places the ḫekur-stone on the head.
4′	[ú-uk] ⸢{M}KÙ⸣.GA.PÚ-aš LUGAL GAL ú-e-da-〈aḫ〉-ḫu-un	And the king, the great Stag-god, comes out.
5′	[AL]AM-Š[Ú(?) ]x da-ni-nu-nu-un	His image ... Aninunu(lower confidence: line is broken)
6′	[wa]-ar-š[i-ia-nu-nu-u]n ú-uk	... and he says:(lower confidence: line is broken)
7′	x-x-x x-x SUM-un	[......] he gave(very low confidence: a guess)
8′	URU{DIDLI.ḪI.A} 70 tar-ra-u-wa-zi	of the cities, 70 tarra-wazi-offerings
9′	nu-uš-ši-kán ku-iš ar-ḫa ME-i	And he libates from the hearth.
10′	na-aš-ma-at ša-aḫ-ḫa-ni	and the šaḫa-vessel
11′	ti-it-ta-nu-zi nu-uš-ma-aš [	They stand, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
12′	ku-i-e-eš {M}tu-ut-ḫa-li-ia-[an?]	and Tutḫaliya(lower confidence: line is broken)
13′	[LUGAL] GAL ⸢še⸣-ek-k[e]r nu-u[š	The great king ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
14′	[a]-pu-u-uš ⸢šal⸣-li-x[	... he pours ...(low confidence: few signs survive)

Sources & licences

Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum digitalis (TLHdig) Beta 0.3 · CC BY 4.0 · Müller, G., Prechel, D., Rieken, E., Schwemer, D. (2026). TLHdig Beta Version 0.3. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.20328284

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